Cool tips n tricks related to smartphones, tablets and computer

Macros provide an easy way to quickly perform routine tasks without having to manually follow the required steps involved. It’s basically a set of actions, steps or tasks to perform a particular operation, such as opening a form, printing a report, applying effects & formatting etc. WinScheduler is an application for windows that enables you to automate repetitive tasks by letting you create macros. The macros can be initiated at a specific time or when a specific event occurs. The application contains both a macro recorder and a macro editor to let you easily record keyboard strokes, mouse clicks, and edit recorded commands, respectively.

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We all love our personal music collection, but there comes a time when you feel like supplementing this collection with some fresh tracks. That is where all the those music discovery and radio streaming apps and web services come into play. While there are several comprehensive radio streaming apps for android, there are few that also support recording an entire stream of music being played on a station. That said, there are a couple of issues with employing the latter as a means to listen to the latest music. First of all, such a feature mostly comes tied with a hefty price tag. Secondly, while you might prefer a stream of non-stop music, you’d have to tolerate prolonged DJ banter and annoying advertisements. Not only would this waste your time (as you manually skip through these parts), the resulting files would occupy more space on your device’s storage than you would want. Fresh to the google Play Store, PopBot is a fine-looking, comprehensive and free radio streaming app that claims to be able to separately record each individual song in a radio station’s stream. Continue reading past the break to find out whether PopBot lives up to this claim.

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Acala screen Recorder is a free screen capture utility that can record any on-screen activity and lets you save the video in AVI format or as a self-playback EXE file. It provides a flexible way of recording screencasts that you may want to share with your colleagues or friends on video sharing websites such as Youtube. The application packs a host of features to configure the screencast recording settings, audio capture options, allowing users to customize the screencasts according to their requirements. Additionally, it lets you set the number of frames you want to record every second, and specify custom a video compressor to adjust the screencast quality. Like any other screencast recorder, it supports hotkey combinations to quickly start and stop recordings. Read past the jump for more.

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Finding a halfway decent screencasting tool is hard enough, but finding a free one is next to impossible. Admittedly, not everyone needs to record what they’re doing on their screen (unless it is some seriously fancy clicking and swiping), but for those Mac users who need to create instructional videos or demos, Good screen Recorder Lite is a free Mac app that lets you record whatever transpires on your screen and also capture mouse clicks. The app lets you record your entire screen or any area on the screen. You can chose the width and height of the area by dragging the edges of the frame, chose the frame rate, mute sounds in the recording and customize the count down time before the app starts recording once you’ve clicked Record.

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Finding the right tool from so many audio editors in the market that exactly matches your needs is a difficult job. There are a lot of tools out there that can perform simple editing tasks, such as converting audio files into different formats, splitting them, or just cutting a part out of the complete song or recorded audio. However, if you want to perform advanced audio editing, most people have to use paid software. Audacity is a widely popular open source free audio editing and recording program that matches in functionality to a lot of paid audio editing applications. Recently, the developers of Audacity have released an update, Audacity 2.0. In this article, we will have a look at the major changes in the application.

Virgin Mobile’s newest android smartphone ‘Venture’ is now available for pre-order in the US via the company’s official website. Made by ZTE, this own-brand handset sports a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, a 600MHz processor, a 512MB RAM, a microSD card slot, a 2MP camera with LED flash and video recording support, a QWERTY keyboard, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headset jack and runs on android 2.3 OS. The Venture retails for $99.99 and will start shipping from March 15th. [

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